Best movies of 1980s

Actors : Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Keith Szarabajka, Rene Auberjonois,
Directors : Alex Cox,

An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.

Actors : John Phillip Law, Reb Brown, Cameron Mitchell, James Ryan,

A pilot is the only hope to stop the mutiny of a spacecraft by its security crew, who plot to sell the crew of the ship into slavery.

Actors : Ally Sheedy, Michael Ontkean, Beverly D'Angelo, Valerie Perrine,
Directors : Amy Holden Jones,

Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy ...

Actors : Richard Garnett, Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp, Steven Finch,
Directors : Richard Franklin,

A zoology student must try to out smart a murderous and super-intelligent orangutan.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern, Mariette Hartley, Robert Downey Jr.,
Directors : Ernest Thompson,

Two friends living in a small town during the 1960s, run away to enjoy their freedom during the Vietnam War, thus disappointing the father of one of them. When they return to town, they realize the importance of family unity.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Michael J. Fox, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz,
Directors : James Bridges,

A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

Actors : Bob Hoskins, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alan Alda,
Directors : Alan Alda,

Michael has written a scholarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, ...

Actors : Adam Ant, Lesley-Anne Down, Anna Maria Monticelli, Pierce Brosnan,
Directors : John McTiernan,

A French anthropologist moves to Los Angeles and is followed by the evil spirits of an extinct tribe he once uncovered.

Actors : Robert Guillaume, Gene Simmons, Rutger Hauer, Mel Harris,
Directors : Gary Sherman,

This movie features a character who is a descendant of the character played by Steve McQueen in the television series of the same name. And like McQueen's Josh Randall, Hauer's Nick Randall...

Actors : Blythe Danner, Stacey Glick, Lisa Waltz, Jonathan Silverman,
Directors : Gene Saks,

Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to ...

Actors : Gail Neely, Dawn Wildsmith, Robert Harden, Barry Brenner,
Directors : Peter George,

When the son of a gun-wielding woman is murdered by neo-Nazi surf punks in the post-apocalyptic future, his Mama hunts them down for some bloodthirsty revenge.

Actors : Sam Neill, André Maranne, Meryl Streep, Charles Dance,
Directors : Fred Schepisi,

A young Englishwoman spends twenty years to make whatever kind of life for herself, at the expense of others around her, in post-World War II England.

Actors : RCB, William Smith, Julius LeFlore, Roddy Piper,

After a nuclear war, the survivors are divided between horribly mutated beings who live on desolate reservations and fertile women who are searching for scarce virile men in order to multiply and start a new human society.

Actors : Ji Liu, Li Gong, Rujun Ten, Wen Jiang,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the master dies she finds...

Actors : Richard Pryor, Beverly Todd, Stacey Dash, Raphael Harris,
Directors : Alan Metter,

Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.

Actors : Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Alex Man, Jacky Cheung,
Directors : Kar-Wai Wong,

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

Actors : Anthony Newley, Phil Fondacaro, Katie Barberi, Mackenzie Astin,
Directors : Rod Amateau,

Dodger must confront the struggles of life as he is visited by the Garbage Pail Kids and intimidated by some older bullies.

Actors : Damien Thomas, Walter Matthau, Cris Campion, Olu Jacobs,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.

Actors : George Clooney, Karen M. Waldron, Steve Lundquist, Anthony Starke,
Directors : John De Bello,

Crazy old Professor Gangreen has developed a way to make tomatoes look human for a second invasion.

Actors : Gary Conway, Larry Poindexter, Steve James, Michael Dudikoff,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to The Lion, a super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.